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Monday,Jul 26,2010
Why the Government May Be Wrong on The New ‘Minimum’ Wage
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Saturday,Jul 17,2010
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Sunday,Jul 11,2010
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Wednesday,Jun 30,2010
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Wednesday,Jun 30,2010
Letter To “Father No Shaking” On The September 2010 Festival Of Oath-taking In Umuagwu-Aro, Osuh-Owerre, Isi-ala Mbano Local Government Area (LGA), Imo State
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Wednesday,Jun 23,2010
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Thursday,Jun 17,2010
The Return of Mallam Ribadu
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Thursday,Jun 17,2010
Too Many Captains…
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Thursday,Jun 10,2010
Should Suspects Be Paraded?
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Thursday,Jun 10,2010
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End This Political Crisis Before It’s Too Late
By:
Chinedu Vincent Akuta
akutachinedu@yahoo.com
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His Excellency,
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan,
The Presidency, Aso Rock.
Abuja, Nigeria.
Dear Goodluck Jonathan,
As the Acting President and the Commander in Chief, you Must end this political crisis before it’s too late. Its mockery of your good office (The Presidency) that you’re prevented from seeing your boss. The international community will find it difficult to believe what is happening. By the powers conferred on you as the Commander in Chief, you should summon immediately the Chief of Army Staff, the Director of State Security Services, the Director of Nigeria Intelligence Agency etc and force these people to turn obtain relevant information from Yar’Adua’s Chief Security Officer, his ADC and orderlies. Whatever information obtained should be broadcast live to the nation.
It will be in the best interest of the ADC and Chief Security Officer to Yar’Adua to furnish their bosses and the nation all they know about Yar’Adua. They owe the nation serious obligation to give account of Yar’Adua’s medical condition as long as it will help to move the nation forward. They (ADC and CSO to Yar’Adua) should draw lessons from what happened to Al-Mustapha (former Chief Security Officer to the late General Abacha) who was cross-examined several times about his activities during the Oputa Panel. The present (CSO) to Yar’Adua should remember that he does not have immunity from prosecution. This crisis affects him as it does to other Nigerians - directly or indirectly. Therefore, every efforts should be made by all to end the current political tension arising from Yar’Adua’s ill health.
The National Assembly should also summon without delay all the Service Chiefs (Heads of Security Apparatuses responsible for guarding Yar’Adua) to come and explain to the nation all they know about President Yar’Adua’s illness. Madam Turai Yar’Adua does not have the powers to stop the National Assembly from summoning the Service Chiefs; neither does she have the powers to stop them from appearing before the National Assembly. The National Assembly should take further steps necessary to avoid this political crisis. All their efforts should be televised live to Nigerians.
Mr. Acting President, you should immediately set up a Commission of Enquiry to look into the events that happened while our President was admitted in a Saudi Arabian hospital. The Commission should also look at the suspicious return of our President into the country. It should expose those behind this shameful episode and prosecute, if necessary, those who might have aided the return of our President without notifying you. The sittings of this Commission of Enquiry should be televised live to Nigerians just like the Oputa Panel was. The idea is for Nigerians to have their reports themselves because previous reports of several judicial, administrative or commission(s) of enquiry were never made public. The idea is to prevent a reoccurrence of similar incident in the future.
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